Business and Economy

MATISSE - SMARTER WORKING

Take the MATISSE 'One in Five' Challenge!

Next time you are in a traffic queue, late for an appointment or that important dinner date, give some thought for how you too might be more productive had you worked at least one day of your working week, locally or from home.

The MATISSE (Mobile And Teleworking Initiative for a Smarter South East) Smarter Working programme is designed to encourage accelerated take-up of such modern flexible working methods. The move away from traditional, 100 year old 9-5 fixed hours office based working is now helping many businesses better support their clients 24/7, reduce accomodation overheads, improve competitiveness, in ways that also support the environment, and modern day hectic family lifestyles. *

These methods, including such as staggered hours, home based and remote working were trialled in Hampshire during 2006 as part of the MATISSE Smarter-Working Pilot. Based on the results Download Acrobat Reader to view this PDF 1mb of the pilot, doubling the number of the SE region’s estimated 386,000 home based workers with workers who currently commute by car (approx 70% of the working population) would potentially yield for each day worked from home per month:

  • A driving time reduction of over 4 million hours
  • A CO2 reduction of  8750 tonnes
  • A commuting mileage reduction of 21 million miles
  • Fuel cost savings of £2.75 million!
    (with fuel costs at £1.20 or more per litre -and rising - the figure is now closer to £4m.)

Full details of the MATISSE Smarter Working Programme can be found at http://www.ehampshire.org/matisse where, using the online savings calculator, you can see how much 'smarter' working practices can save your business or download the pilot report and latest toolkit.   Alternatively, you can contact programme manager Tony Corbin on 01962-845489 (or via email tony.corbin@hants.gov.uk) .



*Research in 2008 by strategic prpoerty consultants, Actium Consult, puts the total cost of a workstation at between £5000 and £6000 per annum.

Smart Commute Week 2008 - 3rd to 7th November  - find out more about this year's MATiSSE Smart Commute Week one in five challenge